Mirror
Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium
Cast bronze
Geography
China
Date
475-221 BC
Period
Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Warring States Period
Dimensions
13.8 cm
Object number
934.17.258
Credit Line
Bishop William C. White Collection
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: China
Description
Flat round silvery coloured mirror. Concave rim with narrow flat raised edge. Very small circular centre (loop missing), raised disc with projecting quatrefoil (Lotus Flowers). Surrounding wide concave bands forming zig-zag lozenges, 4 contained in raised circles, 3 of them containing green stones. Each circle with quatrefoil, each petal with upturned points. Space between lozenges with similar petals. All quatrefoils linked by stem-like bars filled with slanting lines.
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